Show Conversion of the Panama canal to a sea level route has been recommended recommended recommended rec rec- to congress as a means of meeting an atomic bomb attack The change would cost 2482 million million mil mil- lion dollars It is estimated the work would require ten years Destruction Destruction Des Des- of the present locks it is stated could be accomplished b by a single bomb It would require four years to replace the present locks A bomb dropped in a sea level canal canal can can- al it is stated would close the canal but a few weeks |